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To: TimF who wrote (78827)	8/3/2006 11:25:50 AM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (2) of 81568

>>Some regulations directly harm the public good, others are useless or unnecessary. Others do some good, but may not be worth their costs. Others are worth the costs, and some are probably vital. You can list the vital ones and imagine that any deregulation will go after them first but that's isn't a very reasonable argument even if it might work a a matter of rhetoric.<< Tim - I can't disagree with the first three sentences of that paragraph. As for the last sentence, it obviously doesn't relate to anything I have said, and sort of looks like a straw man argument. I'll just leave it at that. Let's get back to the idea of a government sponsored initiative to reduce oil consumption by supporting R&D and the development of whatever infrastructures are necessary to ensure efficient distribution. I don't see how a bunch of competing companies, each trying to meet their numbers for the next quarter, are going to accomplish that kind of long term goal efficiently. Once again, I offer the Moon Race of the sixties as an example of the government's ability to marshall resources and manifest cooperation to reach a stated goal. - Allen

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